Another patient at Rex's Snake Hospital. This is a Mangrove Snake (Boiga dendrophila), also known as the Gold ringed Cat Snake one of the most beautiful snakes with their ebony bodies and Boiga dendrophila The Reptile Database Immaculate Western Mangrove Cat snake from my recent Thailand expedition None of us had been to this region of southern Thailand before, so it was a bit of a mystery what Boiga dendrophila melanota the Mangrove Catsnake. Long term captive male, one of my favorite snakes! : r snakes One of my most difficult species to photograph is Boiga. Here is my female mangrove cat snake (Boiga dendrophila dendrophila) and she does not sit still. She is constantly taking off, striking,